How do you wear Injinji socks?

I bought my first pair of Injinji socks (TRAIL 2.0 Midweight Micro) for my very first 50K race on Sunday. I heard people say that Injinji socks prevent blisters, but should I still put body glide on my feet and toes to prevent blisters, or the socks alone are good enough.

I haven't used anything under my Injinji socks, or any of my other socks. I have never gotten a blister on my toes. I have gotten small blisters under the inner ball of my foot with Injinji, both times during trail 50k runs. I have purchased some trail toes cream to try with all of my socks. I tend to wear Injinji, feetures, or drymax.

While I love my Injinji (am wearing it right now at work) and do not wear any stuff under it, I would agree with the others. Not sure if I would try them for your race. Or at least if you can bring other socks you can change out. Although at that point it would probably be too late. I guess be smart and go with feel. Regardless, good luck!

I can't stop my bad habits of wearing new stuff on race day. Last year, I wore a pair of brand new shoes for a marathon. I ended getting really bad cramps on my thighs which was probably not shoe related, but related to dehydration and salt lost on a hot day.

This Sunday, I'll be wearing a brand new pair of shoes which I haven't worn at all and the new Injinji socks. I will bring two pairs of backup socks with me inside my hydration backpack.

I believe I will be fine since I haven't had problems with Adidas shoes that are sized correctly on race day - I will be wearing my brand new Adidas Adizero XT 4 - I've ran all my half marathons and marathons with Adidas.

Yes, there will be a drop bag area and I will be storing my big bottle of V8 vegetable cocktail in side the bag!

I am a beginner, and have done a lot of research on socks, shoes, shorts, training plans, diet, and everything in between to help me reach my goal of running a half in December at 58 years old. I like the Injinji socks, however, my long run is only 4 miles this week (2d time running 4), and have not got into 'real running' yet (ie runs of 10 miles or more). So far the Injinji are my favorites.

I ran my first 50K with my Injinji socks. They're awesome socks since I haven't lost any toenails after a grueling technical 50K, especially the downhill sections.

The course was like a real life bad nightmare, something from a dream, out from nowhere, but I wasn't dreaming. Running uphill was almost like never ending, though I power hiked most of the time, and running downhill was HELLISH technical aka extremely difficult. The mountains were filled with trees, single track, hard packed dirt with big rocks here and there, lots of roots and a very steep slippery terrain. I sprained my ankle over two dozen times during the race, fell about five times onto my knees and crashed into a tree three times - all three times when I crashed into a tree, well, I had to use my handheld water bottle as a bumper to prevent my face smashing directly into the tree!

Currently, I can't move my right ankle at all and it's very swollen and I have limited movement for my right knee. I'm a person who hasn't sprained my ankle for over 20 years and I did it over two dozen times during a race while going downhill on very uneven terrain!

I doubt I will sign up for any trail races that are 50K, it's just way too dangerous, even more dangerous than snowboarding!

The trail running community, the people who organized and ran the event, the volunteers, race directors, were absolutely amazing.

A few professionally sponsored runners who ran Western States didn't even participate even though they signed up for the 50K.

I wear Injinji socks for long runs and have worn them in two marathons with no problems. The whole point of the independent toe slots is to keep anything, including the sock itself, from rubbing against your toes. I think putting lube, like bodyglide or vaseline, under the socks would be useless or even counterproductive.

If your feet get rubbed in other areas besides the toes, like around the achilles or ankles, you could still use lube under these parts of the socks.